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MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1992

HK HOSTS FIRST WORLD HPB SURGERY CONGRESS

HONG KONG IS FORTUNATE TO BE THE FIRST VENUE OF THE WORLD CONGRESS ON HEPATO-PANCREATO-BILIARY (HPB) SURGERY OUTSIDE EUROPE AND TO HAVE AN ASSEMBLY OF SO MANY DISTINGUISHED EXPERTS IN THE FIELD, THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE WORLD ASSOCIATION OF HPB SURGERY FOURTH WORLD CONGRESS, SIR DAVID SAID THE CONFERENCE COINCIDED WITH A TIME OF IMPORTANT CHANGES IN HONG KONG'S MEDICAL SECTOR.

ESTABLISHED A NEW HAD

FIRST, HE SAID HONG KONG HAD AT PRESENT INDEPENDENT STATUTORY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY AND 36 PUBLIC HOSPITALS RECENTLY BEEN BROUGHT UNDER ITS CARE.

SECONDLY, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE WAS TO BE GIVEN GREATER EMPHASIS AND IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN PREVENTIVE, PROMOTIVE AND HEALTH EDUCATION SERVICES TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND REDUCE OTHER MEDICAL EXPENDITURE IN THE LONGER TERM.

THIRDLY, HE ADDED, AN ACADEMY OF MEDICINE WAS ABOUT TO BE ESTABLISHED FOR SPECIALIST TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR LOCAL MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.

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"THESE ARE MAJOR MILESTONES IN OUR MEDICAL HISTORY

THE AS IS WORLD ASSOCIATION'S DECISION TO HOLD ITS 1992 WORLD CONGRESS HERE IN HONG KONG," SIR DAVID SAID.

"I AM SURE YOU WILL FIND THAT WE DO HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER," HE SAID.

SIR DAVID SAID APART FROM IMPROVING SERVICES AND FACILITIES, HONG KONG HAD COME A LONG WAY IN DEVELOPING NEW TREATMENTS FOR LIVER AND BILIARY DISEASES.

NASO-BILIARY DRAINAGE PIONEERED BY HONG KONG SURGEONS HAS GAINED WIDE ACCEPTANCE IN SOUTH EAST ASIA TO OBVIATE THE NERD FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.

HE SAID SELECTIVE INTERNAL RADIATION THERAPY, DEVELOPED IN HONG AT PRESENT GAVE HOPE TO MANY PATIENTS WITH INOPERABLE LIVER

KONG, CANCERS.

LAPROSCOPIC SURGERY IS CARRIED OUT REGULARLY IN HONG KONG, THIS REDUCES PAIN TO PATIENTS AND SPEEDS UP THEIR RECOVERY.

НЕ SAID LIVER TRANSPLANT HAD ALSO BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED TO BRING NEW LIFE TO MANY WITH PREVIOUSLY INCURABLE LIVER DISEASES.

SIR DAVID SAID THE WORLD CONGRESS EXEMPLIFIED THE INCREASED INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON TREATMENTS FOR HPB DISEASES.

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